| “ | Looks like you'll be wiping with your left hand now, Sorrento! | „ |
| ~ Sho battling Sorrento |
| “ | Ninja’s don’t hug. | „ |
| ~ Sho to Art3mis after she offers him a hug |
Zhou (Chinese: 周), under the virtual name Sho, is one of the deuteragonists (alongside Art3mis, Aech and Daito) of Ernest Cline's novel and Steven Spielberg's movie Ready Player One and is a friend of Daito and a Gunter who embarked upon Halliday's Easter Egg Hunt alongside Daito. Sho is an 11-year-old Chinese-American Gunter.
Sho is based upon Akihide Karatsu (Japanese: 唐津明秀 [Karatsu Akihide]), whose virtual name was Shoto, in the novel. Shoto was a Japanese Gunter who worked as a team alongside his "brother" Daito in their quest for the egg.
He was portrayed by Philip Zhao.
Personality[]
In the novel, in contrast to Toshiro Yoshiaki, whom Akihide sees as a brother figure but is cold and untrusting of others, Akihide is more friendly to other gunters (namely those in the High Five) and connects with Wade Watts on a better level than Daito did. He reaches out to Parzival to inform him of Daito's digital and physical death at the hands of IOI.
Quotes[]
| “ | Daito, abort, abort! You got 10 seconds! | „ |
| ~ Sho telling Daito to Abort |
| “ | Parzival: I think he pissed himself. Aech: Good Job Z. We're in his account. |
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| ~ Sho telling everyone in the OASIS |
| “ | So, you basically just remotely hacked his rig. | „ |
| ~ Sho telling Wade to Stop Nolan Sorrento in the OASIS |
| “ | She's right, Level-99 artifact, creates a magi-resistant, impenetrable barrier. No way through it. | „ |
| ~ Sho coding level 99 |
| “ | Aech: I've never seen The Shining. Is it really scary? Sho: Uh, I have to watch through my fingers. |
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| ~ Aech asking Sho about The Shining |
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